Improvement in mounting pictures



utrd gaat C. J. .BIVLLNGHURS'IE OF MCARTHUROHIO.

Letters Patent No. 92,694, dated July 20,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN MGUNTING- PICTURES.

The Schedule referred to inthese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

' enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the operation of mounting photographs and other similar pictures; and .consists in the construction, arrangement, and operation of parts, asvhereinafter described.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 represents a vertical section through the line :t :t of iig. 2.

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Figure 3 is a top view.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingl parts.

A is the hed or platform, on which the lmachine is supported.

B B are stands,'rigidly attached to the bed, upon the top of which isa block, 0,0m which the picture is placed in the process of mounting.

D is a frame, which is hinged to C, having upon its upper side adjustable guide-pieces E, for accommodating cards and pictures'of different sizes, as seen in iig. 3.

frepreseuts hooks, which are formed on the top of the wires g.

At the lower end, these wires are attached to a block, h, which is allowed to move vertically in grooves' on the inside of the stands B B.

A vertical movement of the block h, with the wires y, produced by means of the round thumb-piece 1', which passes -through one of the stands B, while a .pivot or tenon on its other end enters the' other stand,

so that it may be turned or revolved.

j is a piece, which is attached tothe block 71, and of' course moves with it. 'n

The movement is produced by means of a pin, It, seen in iig. 1, in the `side of the thumb-piece i, which enters a hole' in the vertical piece j.

A partial revolution of the thumb-piece raises or depresses the block with the wires and hooks f. rlhe object of thus operating upon the hooks is to not only raise themA fromthe picture on the block, but to throw them laterally, or spread them soa-s to allow the picture to be placed on and taken from its bed; This spreading is produced by the peculiar lformation of grooves in the block C, andthe shape of the wires g.

Itwill be seen that as the wires are raised, their anguiar or inclined portions m will be brought in contact with the angular' or inclined grooves of the block C, and the result will be to spread the hooks. wires are lowered, by turning the thumb-piece the other way, the spring of the wires will throw the hooks forward over the block, as seen in iig. 1.

The operation of mounting will bereadily understood om the drawing.

The picture is placed, picture-side down, on the block when the hooks are spread, where it is held by lowering the wires and allowing the` hooks to spring forward over it, as seen iu iig. 1. The picture is seen in red color. The picture is held in this position While the paste or gum is applied to its back. When this is completed, the card to which the picture is .to be attached is placed in the rabbeted portion 'or recess of the frame D. The frame is then brought down over the block, and the cord is brought in contact with the back ofthe picture. The left-hand ngers are then pressed upon the card while the thumb-piece is turned, and the hooks are withdrawn, and the mounting of the picture ,is completed.

With this machine, skilled operators are not required for mounting photograph-pictures. Any person of common intelligence may perform the work with the greatest accuracy and' expedition. Y

Guide-wires may be' attached to the lower block h, which will extend above the hed, for guiding the pictureas it is placed on the bed, thus rendering it difficult to misplace a picture.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, aud desire to secureby Letters Patent isnl 1. The block O and the rabbeted frame D, in combination with the adjustable hooks f, substantially as and for the purposes herein shown andA described.

2. lmparting to the hook f a vertical and a lateral motion `simultaneously, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The wires y, block h, thumb-piece i, and the vertical piece j, in combination with a machine for mounting photograph-pictures, arranged substantially as described.

C. J. BILLINGHURST.

Witnesses:

ELLIS B. PUGB, J As. M. McGLLrvRAv.

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